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Yes: 63 • No: 0
NevadaSB35983rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing a hearing to contest the determination set forth in a civil infraction citation; authorizing a court to consolidate a criminal complaint for a misdemeanor offense and a civil infraction under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements for a consolidated hearing; clarifying that certain traffic and related offenses may be charged as misdemeanors if committed in conjunction with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; requiring those offenses to be reduced to civil infractions if the charge of driving under the influence is dismissed unless an exception applies; revising provisions governing the reduction of certain moving traffic violations to nonmoving violations; authorizing a board of county commissioners to impose a civil penalty in lieu of a criminal penalty for the violation of a county ordinance under certain circumstances; clarifying the locations to which certain statutory duties of a driver involved in a crash apply; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor
BDR 43-900
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Bill Overview
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Harder to cut moving violations
A judge may reduce a moving violation to a nonmoving violation only if you admit the violation, pay the full fine and fees by your first required appearance, and give the court your driving record. The court cannot reduce it if your record shows a pattern of moving violations. The old presumption in favor of reduction is gone.
Charging and combining traffic cases
Prosecutors can treat many traffic‑related misdemeanors as civil infractions instead, which avoids a criminal charge. If a civil infraction is charged alongside a DUI, it may be filed as a misdemeanor, but it must be reduced back to a civil infraction if the DUI is later dismissed (not as part of a plea deal). Courts may hold one combined, nonjury hearing for a misdemeanor and a civil infraction from the same facts. Criminal rules apply in the combined hearing, but the infraction is still decided by a preponderance of the evidence. If you have a court‑appointed lawyer for the misdemeanor, the civil‑infraction part is split and that lawyer does not handle it.
Clearer rules to fight tickets
The citation you receive must explain your options, the 90‑day deadline to respond, and that the State must prove the case by a preponderance of the evidence. At a hearing, you and the court can subpoena witnesses, use sworn testimony, show exhibits, and appear by phone or video. If your lawyer appears, you do not have to attend; you are treated as identified. If the officer who wrote the citation does not appear or file a proper statement, the court must dismiss unless other evidence proves the case. The court can require a bond or cash deposit up to the total penalty, fees, and assessments listed, but not if you cannot pay or you are a legal‑aid client.
Speeding fines and 80 mph cap
Speeding fines are capped at $20 for each mile per hour over the posted limit. For example, 10 mph over can be up to $200. It is illegal to drive faster than 80 mph anywhere. These rules set a clear fine formula and a clear top speed limit.
Stronger duties after a crash
If you are in a crash on a highway or a place open to the public, you must stop, give your name, address, and vehicle registration, and help injured people. If your vehicle is a hazard and can be moved safely, you must move it out of traffic first. If no officer is present, you must report injury or death crashes and certain other crashes to the nearest police office or the Nevada Highway Patrol. Violations are misdemeanors.
County penalties and where fines go
Counties may adopt civil penalties instead of criminal penalties for county ordinance violations unless state law forbids it. Civil penalties collected by municipal courts go to the city treasurer; those collected by justice courts go to the county treasurer. This changes how some local cases are handled and where the money is deposited.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/15/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 260.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/31/2025legislatureAssembly Amendment Nos. 574 and 640 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
5/23/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 640.) To printer.
5/22/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
5/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 574.)
5/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
4/17/2025HouseWithdrawn from Committee on Growth and Infrastructure.
4/17/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
4/16/2025HouseIn Assembly.
4/16/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
4/15/2025SenateRead second time.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
4/14/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/18/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
3/17/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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